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Image credit: Dana Claxton, Headdress series, 2019 (detail). LED fireboxes with transmounted chromogenic transparencies. Installation shot from The Baroness Elsa Project at Carleton University Art Gallery 2021. Permission courtesy of the artist. Photo by Justin Wonnacott.

Dana Claxton, Headdress series, 2019. LED fireboxes with transmounted chromogenic transparencies.

Please join us for a glass of wine, a fashion show, and live music as we celebrate the opening of Adorned! Celebrate the night Adorned in your favourite threads, from your upcycled finds to local designs. This event is free and open to the public!

The works in Adorned present style and identity beyond aesthetics and beauty, exploring cultural expressions, histories, futurisms and materiality.

A show of visual bravura, this group exhibition presents ways and wills to be adorned and embellished with cultural traditions and a forecast of futurisms. Mavericks of design and radical thinking, these artists convey knowledge of the material to weave, rethink, reshape, remix, collect, collage, splice and mend to produce original works of art in fashion.

“Fashion combines craft, design, and creativity and has long been associated with cultures and identity. What interests me in this presentation is material connection and diving deeper into understanding process as well as forecasting future fashions in culture,” said Isaac.

The exhibition features works by Canadian artists; Dana Claxton, Karin Jones, Adeyemi Adegbesan, Sho Sho Esquiro, Atelier COĪN by Cameron Ray Lizotte, Meghann O’Brien, FarLee Mowat, Simranpreet Anand, Ay Lelum: The Good House of Design. In addition, historical items from the AGGV collection are included.

Mavericks of design and radical thinking, the artists featured in Adorned convey knowledge of material to weave, rethink, reshape, remix, collect, collage, splice and mend to produce original works of art in fashion. The fast fashion garment industry’s impact is significant; clothing waste and pollution are a reality, considering sustainably sourced and produced fashion is environmentally, socially and politically apropos. The works exhibited in Adorned will present style and identity beyond aesthetics and beauty, exploring cultural expressions, histories, futurisms and materiality.

“We will involve interdisciplinary artists and community in various ways to engage with the exhibition and anticipate programming that will be focused on hands-on workshops exploring beading, weaving, dying and mending. There will be resonations, connections, threads of similarity in materials and narratives across our exhibitions this summer and fall,” continued Isaac. 

🌻 Enjoy a welcome by Florence Dick, First Nations Liaison at Songhees Nation in Partnership with the CRD

👒 Don't miss a Pop-Up Fashion Show from Victoria Eco Fashion Week

👗 Celebrate in style, Adorned in your favourite threads

🎶 Soak up the good vibes and beats by DJ Ezo

Curated by AGGV Chief Curator Jaimie Isaac.

The public is invited to the Adorned Opening Celebration on June 10 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, featuring music by DJ Ezo and a pop-up fashion show from Victoria Eco Fashion Week, and to the Public Open House on June 11 from 10am to 5pm, with free admission at both events.